Candy jumping jack



Ap 1927' w. w. CASSIDY CANDY JUMPING JACK Filed A1121. 2, 1926 INVENTOR Q WW Cassia! m ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES PAT T OFFICE.

wrLLIs oAssInY; or SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNQR 'ro swmn' oAnnY cqnp name or SAL LAKE CITY, n'rnnt, a oonPonA'rIoN or UTAH.

CANDY JUMPING- JACK.

Application filed .flugust 2, 1926. Serial No. 126,710.

My invention is a candy jumping jack aime The object of the invention is to provide a package of an edible commodity which also is a toy that can'be manipulated to provide entertainment and amusement for children.

"Amorespecificobject of the invention is to combine'a plurality of wrapper-covered pieces of candy with a carton for holding pieces of candy soas to produce a toy, which in appearance and in operation, meets all the' essential requirements for a jumping jack and which at thesame time keeps the pieces ot candy Well covered and protected until they have been removed from their covering members.

A still further, object of the invention is the provision of a candy jumpingjack of the character described which is of convenient size tobe readily vended, at a relatively low price and which is adapted to endure relatively hard usage without impairment or 5 soiling of the candy contents thereof.

still. further object of. the invention is the provision of a novel arrangei'nent of paper-wrapped pieces of-candy with a carton which contains other piecesot candy so that the said paper wrapped pieces of candy will be jointedly connected with the carton and will constitutearms, legs and a head for the carton.

A still further object of the invention is the provision in a candy jumping jack of a paper carton body and paper'covered candy legs, arms and a head attached to the body, both the" carton and the covering members the arms and legs and head of the, device being adapted to be colored as desired and to have any suitable indicia, ornamentation or other matter produced thereonso as to add to the attractiveness of the device or to'serve anyfothe'r u'rpose' Othe'robjec s' and advantages of. the invention will be apparent from the following escription, considjred' in conjunction with eeiemna y n dr wing in wh t tions and arrangements herein described and Figure 1 is a perspective view of a candy jumping jack embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical section throughout the body of the device, showing the head and one of the legs of the device in elevation,

YFigure 8 is a relatively enlarged frag nerr tary vertical section through the upper portion of the body of the device in a plane at right angles of Figure 2, showing'the head and portions of the arms of the device in elevation, and

Figure 4 is a plan of a blank of which the carton body of the device can be formed.

The carton body 1 of the device may be formed of blank as shown in Figure 4 whichcomprises the substantially identical main rectangular portions 2 and 3, the relatively narrow substantially rectangular strip 4 between the members 2 and 3, the relatively narrow end strips 5 and (i at the outer edges of the members and 2, respectively, the top flap; 7 at the upper end otthe member 3 and the bottom flap 8, at the lower end of the member 3. The upper and lower edges of the flaps 7 and 8, respectively, are convexlycurved as shown. The member or portion 3 of the blank constitutes the back of the carton, the member 2, the front, the me 'nbers 6-5 one side wall, and the member 4 the other side wall of the carton, when the blank has been folded aloi ig the vertical fold lines shown at9, 10, 11 and M respectively in Figure 4- until the member 2 is parallel with the member 3 and the member 6.; has been folded onto'the member 5 and secured to the latter by paste or any. other suitable known means so that the lapped members 5 f-6 w ill be parallel with the memberv {1.

A, number of paper wrappedsticks 1,3 of relatively hard candy or other. suitable pieces of edible commodities or articles may now be placed within the carton body to stitfen'the, carton body and to increase the weight of the body desirably as well as to contain andfhousesuch articles. so that they canbe vended, The articles 13 are retained Y in place in the carton body when thebotto'ni flap, '8 has, swse "upwardly and. bent along the horizontal fold lines 14 and 15 respectively to partially overlap the front member 2 of the carton as shown in Figures 1. and 2. Suitable known means, such as paste, may be employed to secure the flap 8 to the front member 2 of the carton in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2. The lower ends of the members 5, 4- and 6 of the aforesaid blank have similar convexly curved notches as indicated at 5, a and 6 so that lateral openings will be produced in the lower ends of the side members of the carton body when the flap P has been swung upwardly onto the front member of the carton body as shown in Figure l. The legs of the device comprise two similar paper wrapped sticks 17 of the relatively hard candy and the twisted upper ends 18 of the wrapper of the sticks 17 are arranged to extend through the lateral openings at the lower ends of the side members of the carton body and are secured to-each other within the lower end portion of the carton body by means of a clip 19 or other suitable fastening device. The members 17 thus will be jointedly connected. with the lower end portion of the carton and will dangle from the carton body in the manner of the legs of a jumping jack. The lower end portions of the wrappers of the members 17 are twisted as indicated at 20 to cooperatewith the twisted upper end portions of said wrappers to prevent accidental displacement of the wrappers from position to entirely cover and thus protect the candy contents of the said wrappers. It will be understood of 7 course that the upper end portions 18 of the wrappers of the articles 17 are secured to each other within the lower end portion of the carton before the flap 8 is secured to the front member of the carton.

The upper flap 7 may be bent from the position shown in Figure 4t along the horizontal fold lines 21 and 22, respectively, to position to overlap the front member 2 of the carton as shown in Figures 1 and 2. 'lhefiap 7 has an opening 23 formed therein intermediate the side edges of the flap and between the fold lines 12, 21 and 22. A slit 24 extends from the edge of the flap 7 to theopening 23 for a purpose to be presently described. The members 5, t and 6 of the aforesaid blank have concavely curved upper edges indicated at 5", 4t", and 6 respectively so that lateral openings will be provided at the upper ends of the side members of the carton body when the flap 7 has been folded downwardly to position to partially overlap the front member 2 of the carton and has been secured to the latter by paste or any other suitable known means. Before the flap 7 is secured to the front member 2 of the carton, the twisted lower end portion 25 of the wrapper 26 for a piece of relatively hard candy 27 is secured by a clip 28 or like fastening device to a. relatively stitlj' strip 29 of paste-board or other suitable material and then is moved through the slit 24 into the opening 2?) so that the strip 29 Will be disposed within T the upper part of the body of the carton transversely of the latter as shown to advantage in Figures 2 and 3. The twisted upper end portions 30 of the paper wrapper covered sticks of candy 31. then are arcarton body by a clip 32 or other suitable fastening device and thus will be flexibly connected with the upper part of the carton when the flap 7 has been secured in place on the upper portion of the front member 2 of the carton as shown in Figure 1. The members 31 will dangle from the upper end portion of the carton body at opposite sides of the latter in the manner of arms of a jumping jack and the lower end portions of the wrappers of the members 31 are twisted as indicated at 38 to prevent accidental dis placement of the wrappers from position to completely cover the members 31.

The wrapper 26 for the aforesaid candy member 27 has its upper end portion twisted directly above the candy member 27 and secured at that place in twisted portion by a clip 3t while the extreme upper end por tion 26 preferably is arranged substantially in a flaring or fan-shaped formation as indicated at 35. The lower end portion of the wrapper 26 is twisted and confined by a clip 36 so that the contents of the wrapper 26 will be completely covered. The candy member 27 is formed to cooperate with the wrapper 26 to constitute the head of the jumping ack and it will be obvious that the candy member 27 may be substantially oval along a plane that extends vertically through the body transversely of the body of the device.

The front and the rear sides of the member 26 may be siiibstantially parallel and flat and the portion of the wrapper 26 that covers the front face of the member 27 may have suitable imu'kings produced thereon to simulate the features of a toy man. An clastic string 37 may be attached at one end to the twisted portion of the wrapper 26 above the candy member 27. The upper end portion of the wrapper 27 may have suitable markings and lines produced thereon as indicated at 38 to represent the hair on the head of the jumping jack.

The carton may be printed or otherwise finished in any suitable color or colors and may have markings produced thereon to simulate clothing. The wrappers of the thereof may be readi-lyunderstoodi v Thedaviceds-botlta container for candyand actoy WlllCllCZlI l be manipulated by children in the manner of the ordinary jumping jack so as to provide entertainment and amusement for the children without making the candy members of the device less clean and edible. When desired, the candy contents or members of the device may be removed from the covering members of the device and eaten. It thus will be manifest that the invention provides both a source of entertainment for children and a means for dispensing, in package form, a quantity of an edible commodity, such as candy, without any considerable increase in the selling price thereof.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and I therefore consider as my own, all such modifications and adaptations of the form of the device disclosed herein which fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a paper carton having opposite lateral openings adjacent to its upper and lower ends and having a vertical opening in its upper end, said carton being adapted to hold a plurality of sticks of candy or like articles and forming the body of a toy figure, a pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming arms and having the inner end portions of their wrappers extending into the upper part of said carton through. the upper pair of lateral openings, the adjacent end portions of said wrappers being secured together within the carton a second pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming legs and having the upper end portions of their wrappers extending into the lower portion of said carton through the lower lateral openings of the carton and secured to each other, and a piece of relatively hard candy substantially oval in cross sectional configuration in one vertical plane forming a head and having a paper wrapper formed with a lower end portion extending into the upper part of said carton through said vertical opening in the upper end of the carton and retained in place therein.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a paper carton having opposite lateral openings adjacent to its upper and lower ends and having a vertical opening in its upper end, said carton being adapted to hold a plurality of sticks of candy or like articles and forming the body of a toy figure, a pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming arms and having the inner end portions of their wrappers extending 'into the upper 'part'of said-carton throughthe upper pair of lateral openings, the.adjacent vendyporr tions of said wrappers beingisecured' together within the, carton, a, second pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming legs and having'theiupper end portions, of their wrappers extending-into thei lower portion of said carton through the lower lateral openings of the carton and secured to each other, and a piece of relatively hard candy substantially oval in cross sectional configuration in one vertical plane forming a head and having a paper wrapper formed with its lower end portion extending into the upper part of said carton through said vertical opening in the upper end of the carton, a retaining strip attached to the lower end of the carton, the upper end member of said carton having a slit extending from one edge thereof to said vertical opening and through which the lower end portion of said last named wrapper may be moved into said vertical opening.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a paper carton having opposite lateral openings adjacent to its upper and lower ends and having avertical opening 1n its upper end, said carton being adapted to hold a plurality of sticks of candy or like articles and forming the body of a toy figure, a pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming arms and having the inner end portions of their wrappers extending into the upper part of said carton through the upper pair of lateral openings, the adjacent end portions of said wrappers being secured together within the carton, a second pair of paper wrapped sticks of candy forming legs and having the upper end portions of their wrappers extending into the lower portion of said carton through the lower lateral openings of the carton and secured to each other, and a piece of relatively hard candy substantially oval in cross sectional configuration in one vertical plane forming a head and having a paper wrapper formed with a lower end portion extending into the upper part of said carton through said vertical opening in the upper end of the carton and retained in place therein, the end portions of said wrappers being twisted.

4. A toy including acarton forming the body of a figure and having a head, wrapped candy members forming the arms of such figure and having a flexible connection extending through one end portion of the body, and wrapped candy members forming the legs of such figure and having a flexible con nection extending through the other end portion of the body.

5. A candy toy including a carton forming a body portion, a head in connection with one end of said body, wrapped candy members forming arms and legs at opposite sides of the body, and flexible members separately connecting said arms and legs and extending through relatively opposite ends of the body.

6. A jumping jack including'a body having a head and comprising a carton for holding pieces of candy, and a plurality of paper Wrapped candy members respectively constitutin'g arms'and legs, flexible connections between the arm members and between the leg members, and an elastic suspension element attached to said head member of the jumping jack, said body having means at the ends thereof to receive said flexible connec tions therethrough.

WILLIS W. CASSIDY. 

